posted at 6:12 pm on April 2, 2014 by Ed Morrissey

Fort Hood has gone into lockdown mode, with orders to “shelter in place,” as reports of another shooting come into newsrooms. Details are sketchy, but there are reports of some soldiers being shot (via Jim Hoft):

We have reports of an active shooter on Fort Hood. We have reports that there are several injuries from this shooting. There is at least one patient being transported to the hospital. We are also getting reports of victims in the Battle Simulation Center on 65th and Warehouse. The suspect is still at large. The shooter was said to be in building 33026 which is the Medical Brigade Building.

Don’t take any of these details as confirmed yet. If we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that the first reports from this kind of crisis usually end up either entirely wrong or exaggerated. The lockdown has been confirmed, according to KCEN, by the Facebook page of Fort Hood. They have confirmed that much with CNN, too. CNN now has a report up too:

There is an active shooter at the sprawling central Texas base of Fort Hood, a source at Fort Hood told CNN on Wednesday. The situation is serious and sirens are going off, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. … “They got some kind of shooting incident going on. They haven’t told us anything. It was on post and being handled by the military. Fort Hood has not asked for any assistance,” said Lt. Donnie Adams with the Bell County Sheriff’s Office.

Four and a half years ago, Major Nidal Hassan killed 14 people in a lone-wolf terrorist attack on Fort Hood. So far, we have no indication that this is anything similar.

Update: KAKE reports that there is one person dead and several others injured, but again, be prepared for that to change later.

At least one person is dead after a shooting late Wednesday afternoon on Fort Hood, a post spokesman confirmed. Others were injured in the shooting, but the spokesman didn’t say how many. The gunman is still at large and the spokesman said the incident is being treated as an active-shooter situation.

Update: The FBI announced yesterday that they were tracking a recent Army recruit who threatened a “Fort Hood-inspired jihad against US soldiers:

Federal officials are on the hunt for a recent Army recruit who was reportedly plotting a “Fort Hood-inspired jihad against U.S. soldiers.” News of the recruit’s evil intentions emerged after the FBI’s Kansas City division sent out an alert which was then distributed to the U.S. Marine Corps. The alert allegedly identified the man as Muhammad Abdullah Hassan, also known as “Booker.” The document was then distributed to Kansas City Police and to members of the U.S. Marine Corps to “ inform and protect officers who may encounter this individual or others exhibiting the same aspirations,” Fox reports.

The NYDN reports that the focus of that investigation was in Kansas, not Texas, and so far there isn’t any specific indication that this is connected to that threat. At least, not yet.

Update:Local CBS affiliate KWTX reports that one person has been confirmed killed in this incident, and that as many as 15 others may have been wounded. KCEN is also reporting that one person may be in custody and there may be a second suspect, but we’ve seen that in other incidents just to discover that only one shooter was involved.

Update: NBC has a report from Jim Miklaszewski on the possible number of suspects, but notes that the injuries may only be eight people:

John Thomas Booker, 19, of Topeka, Kan. enlisted in the Army in February and was due to report for basic training on April 7. But the FBI interviewed him in March and alerted the Army, which formally discharged him last week. He is now in an undisclosed mental health facility, sources told FoxNews.com.

Perhaps they are concerned that he recruited others, but it’s another reason to think that the two stories are not linked.

Update: NBC now reports that base officials say only one shooter is involved:

Update: Fox News is suggesting that this is a “soldier on soldier” incident:

A shooting at Ft. Hood that reportedly left three injured Wednesday was a “soldier on soldier” incident without any terrorism link, a senior Department of Homeland Security source told FoxNews.com. The source, who stressed the information was preliminary, added that there was “currently no [counter terrorism] nexus” and said it appears the shooter “killed himself and three soldiers were wounded.” But there were conflicting reports on how many shooters may have been involved, and what happened in the incident. A senior law enforcement official told Fox News that it is believed one shooter has been “neutralized,” and authorities believe there may be another shooter in the vicinity.

Update: Both Fox and CNN are reporting that four people, including the shooter, are confirmed dead:

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Rep. Mike McCaul (TX) Chair of House Homeland Defense Committee says there are 4 dead and 14 people injured including the shooter based on information he’s been given. His district is close to Killeen to- WBAP

That man disgusts me. He just gave a statement expressing his sadness, knowing that in 5 minutes he’ll be glad-handing, slapping backs and showing that big ass toothy smile for donations at a fundraiser.

Obama clearly pissed off that he had to do this statement from Chicago in the middle of a fundraiser. His statement was bland, showed no real empathy for the soldiers and their families involved, and couldn’t give a damn. At least he didn’t give a shout out….. this time.

Filthy bastard. The troops deserve better than this lazy stupid idiot shucking and jiving his way through his presidency. I hate him so much!!!

I can’t imagine why Ed Morrissey was such a supporter of Obama back in 2009. He didn’t support Obama over McCain but he was very defensive about giving this rat-eared commie “a chance” to prove he really was a post-partisan looking to heal the rifts. Well I was saying then and I say now that our troops deserve a better Commander-in-Chief.

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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Fort Hood shooting: ‘Obviously when we have these kind of tragedies on our bases, something’s not working’ – @NBCNews live video
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My prayers are with all in the Fort Hood community who have been impacted by today’s shooting, including first responders who have been actively working to move people out of harm’s way and secure the area. Our office will continue to closely monitor the situation and stands by to offer assistance as necessary.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following statement in response the Fort Hood shooting today:

My prayers are with all in the Fort Hood community who have been impacted by today’s shooting, including first responders who have been actively working to move people out of harm’s way and secure the area. Our office will continue to closely monitor the situation and stands by to offer assistance as necessary.

pambi on April 2, 2014 at 8:34 PM

Far, far, far better than what the filthy lazy stupid rat-eared wonder said when he finally showed up in front of a camera to acknowledge that this was going on during his fundraising event.

My predictions :
1. Hussein partaaays tonite
2. Tomorrow he reads another speech with a sad face
3. Media show pics of him in the Situation room etc.
4. Flies for another speech for another memorial with flag draped coffins as props
5. Pushes for gun control and amnesty citing this shooting
6. By Friday , everything is quiet again

It hasn’t always been the case that only MPs can carry firearms on U.S. military bases. A mere twenty years ago, “gun free zones” made their way to these facilities under the watch of President Bill Clinton.

According to a Washington Times editorial written days after the Nov. 5, 2009 attack on soldiers at Fort Hood, one of Clinton’s “first acts upon taking office… was to disarm U.S. soldiers on military bases.”

Clinton’s actions birthed Army regulations “forbidding military personnel from carrying their personal firearms and making it almost impossible for commanders to issue firearms to soldiers in the U.S. for personal protection.”

In other words, thanks to Clinton, citizens who join the military to use guns to defend liberty abroad cannot practice their constitutional right to keep and bear arms while on active duty at home.

As the Times editorial board put it: “Because of Mr. Clinton, terrorists would face more return fire if they attacked a Texas Wal-Mart than the gunman faced at Fort Hood.”

The same theme ran true at the Navy Yard in DC on September 16. Police were called after the shooter opened fired, and reports indicate it took approximately three to seven minutes for them to arrive. Each minute is an eternity when a lunatic with a weapon decides the “gun free zone” rules do not apply to him.

The Army Chief of Staff will get right on this just as soon as he’s through giving an LGBT appreciation seminar to his senior officers where all of his senior officers were to come dressed as either an L or a G or a B or a T.

Active duty military are not trained to fight at home in fact by law they can’t. A military base day to day isn’t like Afghanistan. The only place all military carry a weapon is at a combat base.
Sven on April 2, 2014 at 7:21 PM

Except that they’re constantly wearing their BDUs…because we’re in a state of war. If they’re wearing BDUs, they should be carrying a sidearm at least.

Active duty military are not trained to fight at home in fact by law they can’t. A military base day to day isn’t like Afghanistan. The only place all military carry a weapon is at a combat base.
Sven on April 2, 2014 at 7:21 PM

This no doubt is to prevent the Military from taking the civilian side should a military putsch take place in the United States.

If Democrats really care about the troops, how about if all the money the rat-eared wonder raised tonight at those fundraisers go to a fund to support the victims of this Fort Hood shooting? Because, Obama left the last group without any support when he declared it to be a workplace shooting.